SINGAPORE: Singapore Power to invest S$2 billion in cross-island tunnels for electrical cables

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(EnergyAsia, September 26 2012, Wednesday) — Singapore Power said it is investing S$2 billion to build two tunnels to hold and protect cross-island extra-high voltage transmission cables to ensure the supply of reliable, secure and quality power to 1.3 million consumers. (US$1=S$1.23). To be constructed between 2012 and 2018, the North-South and East-West cable tunnels (more…)

MARKETS: Seven ‘chokepoints’ handle half of world’s oil production, says US EIA

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(EnergyAsia, August 28 2012, Tuesday) — About half of the world’s oil is supplied on maritime routes that could easily be disrupted along seven narrow channels known as chokepoints, said the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Restrictions have to be placed on the size of vessels passing through these channels, making them the most vulnerable...

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